SOCCER

Women’s coach quits after player uprising — Andreas Heraf, the Austrian-born coach of the New Zealand women’s soccer team, has resigned weeks after players decried his tactics and coaching methods in an unprecedented and public mutiny. Heraf has been on special leave since June when New Zealand Football received letters from 13 members of the national team saying they would not play for New Zealand if he remained in charge. Some of the letters alleged bullying and intimidation by Heraf, who was also New Zealand Football’s technical director. In a statement, NZF president Deryck Shaw said he had accepted Heraf’s resignation effective immediately. He said a review into New Zealand Football’s “culture” and Heraf’s actions as national coach would continue and Heraf had agreed to cooperate. Shaw said “part of the resignation is that Andreas has confirmed that he will fully participate in the review and we will look to the findings of the review to determine the outcomes around this matter.”

RACING

Dog racing venue shut down in Macau — Development and changing tastes have finally caught up with the Yat Yuen Canidrome Club, whose closure this month means the end of a controversial fixture in Macau — and of legal, regulated dog racing in Asia. Local authorities, along with animal rights groups, are now in the process of finding homes for 533 greyhounds abandoned in kennels on the premises. For months, activists and local officials have been asking volunteers to take care of the remaining dogs or adopt them. Tucked next to an old Portuguese fort, the Canidrome was for years the only track on the continent to allow betting on greyhound races. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, a total of 72 dogs raced in 12 heats, sprinting after a mechanical rabbit-shaped lure. Animal rights groups have long accused the club of mistreating dogs and euthanizing underperformers or older racers, and campaigned for the club’s closure.

BASKETBALL

Out in Atlanta, Melo back on the market — The Carmelo Anthony in Atlanta era is over — before it began. As planned when the Hawks acquired Anthony as part of a three-team trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers, the veteran forward was bought out and waived. The transaction was completed and the official announcement came Monday. Anthony will clear waivers at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Houston Rockets are reportedly the favorite to sign the 10-time All-Star.

— From wire reports